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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined u … The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the said allegation.
'''5.'''
'''John Reppingall''' of Strowde in the County of kent ffisherman<br />
aged 44 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee hath bin a<br />
ffisher of Strowde man and boy for theise seaven and twenty yeares<br />
last past, during which space hee hath well knowne the place or plaaces<br />
called the East Swale and haartie shoare, and saith they are<br />
within the ebbing and flowing of the sea, and an arme of the<br />
sea where shipps of three hundred tonnes burthen and upwards<br />
may saile and passe in and out, and that they are a part of the<br />
sea, and therefore ought to be free for the ffisher men of Strowde<br />
Milton, and places adiacent to fish and dredge in. And saith that<br />
when hee was apprentice to one hugh ffowler of Strowde about<br />
25 yeares since hee this deponent fished on the said grounds and places<br />
and frequently afterwards both in his apprenticeshipp and since hee hath<br />
bin for himselfe and performed the same without interruption or<br />
hinderance, saving once as hereafter followeth, and saith that hee<br />
hath heaard his said master say that hee hath fished there fiftie<br />
yeares since. And saith that severall of the ffishermen of Strowde, Milton,<br />
hastow and Gillingham and places adiacent have frequently fished there<br />
within the said time of this deponents being a fisherman and boy as<br />
aforesaid, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories./. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee is a fisherman of Strowde in<br />
his owne right and in that qualitie claimeth right of fishing and<br />
dredging in the places in question.
To the seecond hee saith hee is one of the parties concerned in this businesse<br />
against the ffeversham ffishermen, and hath and doth endeavour to maintaine<br />
his right of fishing in the said grounds and places, and that hee<br />
contributeth towards the charges of this sute.
To the third and fourth hee saith that the fishermen of ffeversham have<br />
from time to time used to fish and dredge in the grounds and places<br />
in question, and doe claime the right of dredging for oisters<br />
there to them selves, exclusive to others, and doe endeavour to huinder all<br />
fishing there of others. And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving as<br />
aforesaid.
To the fifth and sixth hee saith that the ffishermen of ffeversham have<br />
often disturbed and hindered the ffishermen of Milton, Strowde, hastowe<br />
and Gillingham from fishing in the places in question, and have somtimes<br />
taken away their boates and materialls, and imprisoned or restrained<br />
their persons, but still have got all free againe without paying of<br />
any fine or [?amXXXXment]. And about thirteene yeares since they<br />
boarded and [?asayled] this deponent aand tooke away his boate and goods<br />
ande away his boate and goods<br />
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